[Aim] This study investigated the type of educational needs that nursing managers at home-visit nursing stations deem necessary to develop a “Simulation Educational Program at the Home-Visit Nursing Station” (hereinafter, “educational program”), and examined the possibility of holding the educational program.
[Methods] Out of 14 Foundation A home nursing centers in Region B, 7 nursing managers who provided consent were included in the study. We conducted online interviews, lasting approximately 90 minutes, on educational needs in simulation education and the structure of the educational program. We referred to an interview guide and the items of the “Learning Needs Assessment Tool for Visiting Nurses” and “Educational Needs Assessment Tool for Visiting Nurses.” The interview data were transcribed and analyzed by a quantitative text analysis method using KH Coder3.
[Results] In total, 28,160 words were extracted. Co-occurrence network diagram analysis was performed on words with 10 or more occurrences. The results were classified into 11 word clusters, including “physical assessment,” “collaboration and communication with other (multi)professions,” “communication,” and “experience that newcomers have.” The respondents also indicated that the educational program can be implemented at their own facilities if it is no longer than 90 minutes.
[Conclusions] Based on the educational needs identified by the co-occurrence network, we found that the educational program is highly compatible with the implementation of situation-based and inter-occupation collaborative simulations. Further, the possibility of holding educational programs can be increased by making the educational programs directly and itinerantly delivery to their workplace.
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